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The Taylorsville community has reason to be proud. In a matter of two days, it has made a deep impression on a family struggling through an intensely difficult time — an impression that is not likely to stop resonating anytime soon.

Thirteen days — that’s how long candidates for city commission and other nonpartisan offices have to file their intent to run in the Spencer County Clerk’s office.
As of Monday afternoon, no one had filed to run for any of the nonpartisan offices, including city commissioners, the Spencer County Board of Education and the Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisors.
The deadline to file for each of those offices is Tuesday, Aug. 14, by 4 p.m.

Dear Savvy Senior,
Do you know of any golfing gadgets or equipment that can help senior golfers? My 78-year-old dad loves to play golf, but arthritis in his hands makes griping the club difficult. He also has a hard time bending over to tee up or retrieve the ball. Is there anything out there that can help?
Helpful Son

Have you ever been in a conversation with someone, whether spouse, friend or family member, and you just knew that the person you were addressing was not listening, yet they were looking at you the whole time you were talking? Well, when this happens it can be a mild or major source of irritation, even anger.

Spencer County Cross Country is back in action for the 2012 season. Jacob Johnson, Blake Richardson and Zach Williams hit the trails on the first official day of practice. Anyone interested in running this season should contact Coach Talley at 502-593-5756.

The XXX Olympiad begins in London this weekend. For America, perhaps the world, these games could not have come at a better time.
For athletes, it’s the culmination of preparing for the zenith of careers.
It’s time for a feel-good in America, too. A respite from drought, a dullard economy, excruciating media attention on senseless killings, and hateful political rhetoric.
Timing can be everything.

For years, I was an admirer of the Penn State University football program. They had tradition, they ran a very clean program, they graduated their players and I even liked their plain, no-frills uniform that drew attention away from individual players and focused it on team.